Omaha daily bee., 1887-12-25
Two Swell British Snobs Engaged in
airing Their Grievances.
CAETwYNo SENDS A CHALLENGE.
Elood-Letting Extraordinary Pre-
dicted as the Outcome.
RESULT NOT TO BE REGRETTED
The Prospects Of Saiisbury's Govern
ment Involving Itself in War
Rapidly Growing DINNER
The IL Iiday Trade.
English Swell Sporting Circles Shaken

LONDON, Dec. IA New York Herald |
Cable-Special TO the BEE. The Christmas
season. winch IS sacred to peace and good
will. finds a terrible commotion going on N
the Turf and Jockey clubs, in fact, politics
for the moment are at discount. Whether
there VIII be u war and when Gladstone IS
likely TO get back in office are questions which
no longer attract attention. What everybody
at least in clubland at the West End. asks is
will Sir George Chetwynd bring action
against Lord Durham. or must there be an
other undying scandal placed on record
against i gentleman Of England once sup
posed TO be the very soul of honor.
Lord AilshurY did much to break
down the popular belief that noble sports
man can never be a biackleg. It was 4
dreadful revelation 10 many to find that
cheating is not exclusively practiced BY poor
devils Knowing ones said at the time that
if exposure fell upon all who deserved it,
Ailsbury would not stand alone in the pill
lory So thought Lord Durham, and, being
young man, smarting under very heavy
losses on the turf AZ well as from a sense of
injustice, he biurted out his suspicious. He
has suffered much IN pocket and incurred
some risks in reputation from horses not hay
ing run straight He IS not a man of many
words and the surprise was therefore all the
greater when he came out with the now cele-
brated speech ut the dinner Of the Grincrack
club, York, denouncing the malpractices
OF Jockeys and that tricliery which
has long been permitted in con-
nection with some well known stables.
The speech was tai ked about in turf circles
a,,,II ;-.r;ous versions Of it reached the clubs.
As usual in such cases, pS2nie began nttlng
the cap to the heads of various persons. a
good many names were mentioned and there
the matter might have ended, but some
guod-natured friends went TO Sir George
Chetwynd and said: Durham meant you;
thou art the man. This sort Of a remark,
made to a man at his club and elsewhere,
leaves him no alternative but to ask for IN
explanation from his accuser. Sir George
was not so much to blame as the papers
make out for doing that which his friends al
most compelled him TO do He asked and
got more than he wanted. Lord Durham
owned that his remarks were aimed at him.
From that moment Sir George has acted
hiudiciously He sent his brother, Captain
Chetwynd, to challenge Lord Durham 10 Il
duel. The latter replied with very ugly
taunt about cheap courage. The Jockey club
is evidently inclined 10 give Chetwynd the
cold shoulder and the public stand wonder
ing why the baronet does not take the only
effective steps of redress which are open 10
him--an appeal TO a court Of law. Any at
tempt of outsiders TO settle the dispute would
be worse than useless, for the truth can only
be known to Sir George and his trainer. The
Jockeys horses winch ought TO have won
were pulled or otherwise prevented from
winning. When Sir Georges horses
had sank low in estimation
and were nowhere in the betting list,
they suddenly came out and won great races.
Such is substantially the allegation, and If it
were proved, Of course it would be all over
with the baronet. Trainer Sherrard has
never before had any accusation Of this kind
70 face, ami 70 submit quietly 70 it would De
ruinous He cannot shelter himself behind
his employer. The probabilities are that in
extensive business in the law courts Will be
the sequel TO Lord Durham's after-dinner
speech. If racing in England Is not 70 re-
ceive fatal blow the Jockey club will have
TO hestir itself promptly. Chetwyud's friends
are confident that he viii be able to clear him
self, though they admit he went TO WORT
the wrong way IN the first instance. Actions
for libel are said 10 be pending against wv
sporting newspapers which substantially en-
dorse Lord Durhaui's charges. Not ever
Ailsburys case has stirred up so much el
citcmcnt and feeling in all directions.
Apart from this affair the world of LondoI
is thinking of nothing but celebrating Christ
mas in true Dickens style-pIenty to eat anC
loshins TO drink. The retail trade IS dis
tncuy better than il was last year, though
the Improvement IS not SO much felt by SINAI
t'adesmen rs by the great stores, which nov
almost munopolize the business. Rent take
fal Is heavily upon the tradesluan Us ever
but his customers dock 70 the big stores AIT
leave him in the lurch.
Gln some departments OF business the pros
poet Of war naturally gives rise 10 consider
able activity. l understand, however, tha
in well informed quarters, Increased conf
dence is felt that the storm clouds viii bIoN
over The government can only judge fror
dispatches received from It's representative
abroad, and these are said 10 DC calculated :
AL. snnrehension, but as norc Of the Ems
iish ambassadors can ;aew the secret inter
tons II the car, or Prince BismaTcs. Or N
Austrian emperor, our official Information
ret worth much. Certainly no unusual prel
arztious are going on in our dock yards or :,
scnai, On every siac, woi'd hgy IN